orgy
noun
or·gy
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plural orgies
Definition of orgy
1
: secret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing
Roman orgies in honor of Bacchus
2a
: drunken revelry
b
: a sexual encounter involving many people
also
: an excessive sexual indulgence (see indulgence sense 4a)
3
: excessive indulgence (see indulgence sense 4a) in something especially to satisfy an inordinate appetite or craving
an orgy of destruction a national orgy of thrill seeking and risk taking— K. T. Greenfeld
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Examples of orgy in a Sentence
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The action orgy Parabellum outperformed the first two films combined. — James Hibberd, EW.com, "The 17 biggest summer box office winners and losers of 2019," 14 Aug. 2019 But, also, the feeling of total debauchery is still there with stuff like superhuman orgies and dolphin erotica. — Nick Romano, EW.com, "Amazon's The Boys season 2 gets the official blood-stained thumbs-up," 19 July 2019 In a civil suit filed against Maxwell in 2015 (which later settled), Roberts Giuffre claims she was forced to participate in orgies there. — Leena Kim, Town & Country, "Everything We Know About Jeffrey Epstein's Vast Real Estate Portfolio," 18 July 2019 Courtesy of Amazon Prime Day, Amazon’s orgy of discount consumption, will flood the internet with more than a million deals starting July 15 at 12am US Pacific time (3am US Eastern time). — Nicolas Rivero, Quartz, "The best Amazon Prime Day deals announced so far," 13 July 2019 However, there are a few orgies scenes that may titillate you more than any icy showdown between Elizabeth (Claire Foy) and Philip (Matt Smith). — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, "These Are The New Netflix Treats For July 4th Weekend —Besides Stranger Things," 2 July 2019 Well this Omnibus orgy of spending dedicates a puny $641 million to something called border reinforcements. — Fox News, "Rep. Sean Duffy on McCabe's firing: Swamp is being drained," 23 Mar. 2018 For all the time the story spends in the human city of Zion, the dance-orgy and character-drama segments don’t say much about how this future functions, or add dimension to the man vs. machine conflict. — Liz Shannon Miller, The Verge, "Hulu’s Handmaid’s Tale is a model of longform worldbuilding," 15 July 2019 There was a documented rape King might have witnessed ... Mistresses, prostitutes, orgies and a love child were referenced. — oregonlive.com, "Newly released FBI report that claims Martin Luther King Jr. witnessed, ‘laughed’ at a rape leaves historians in quandary," 5 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'orgy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for orgy
orgy
noun
English Language Learners Definition of orgy
: a wild party and especially one in which many people have sex together
: something that is done too much and in a wild way
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